UC Berkeley Student Journal - Prenatal selection of a child's genderhttp://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/
Description of the projectJeffery Kahn - jbkahn@berkeley.eduen-USAbout the projecthttp://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender_about.shtml
The brave new world of gender selection: choosing gender prior to conceptionAbout the writerhttp://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender_bio.shtml
Biography of Sunita Puri1. A researcher's role in the emotional field of prenatal sex selectionhttp://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender1.shtml
As she ponders the enormity of her project, Sunita also realizes the storm of emotions that the issue of prenatal sex selection triggers for physicians, families, and the public.2. The pressures to have a son, meeting Vandana and her adorable little boy
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender2.shtml
They could be sisters -- in shape, coloring, gestures and interests -- and yet Sunita and Vandana come from worlds apart in so many ways.
3. A violent marriage, South Asian stereotypes, and Sunita's dilemma
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender3.shtml
What is particularly "South Asian" about the suffering of women? How can you call attention to their struggles without heaping on more stereotypes?
4. A mother's musings about her child's life as a girl
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender4.shtml
Immigrant parents want a "better life" for their children; sometimes that means hoping -- or working -- for a boy instead of a girl so that the child's life will be easier.
5. 'What were our parents thinking?' South Asian students ponder the mysteries and inequities of sex selection
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender5.shtml
In lively focus groups, South Asian American college students puzzle over the reasons behind son preference and medically assisted sex selection.
6. Her newborn was a product of flow cytometry sperm separation
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/gender/gender6.shtml
Her newborn was a product of flow cytometry sperm separation